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Bill wrote:
My son had to have some big trees cut down at his new house after the
recent gales. He has been left with loads of wood, branches etc., and I
lent him the Bosch small electric chainsaw that I've never used.

When I was there yesterday, he said he'd used the chainsaw and it was
really good, but it was right handed.

He is left-handed, although he does do various things, like play musical
instruments, right handedly.

He was saying that he had started to use the saw but after about 30
minutes he suddenly realised he was holding it with his arms crossed. He
then tried holding it correctly in the right handed way, but said it
didn't feel as easy or right.

I said I'd ask about this here. Has anyone any advice?

I'm left-handed too. I have a right-handed chain-saw. It's a royal PITA,
but I've learnt to adapt to it, (holding it the way a right-hander
would), and most other right-handed things where there's little hope
for improvement, or left-handed equivalents.

One of the worst is the (cheap, rubbish) jigsaw I have - which would
seem at first sight to be usable by either hand, but guess where the
exit blast of air from the motor fan goes.. This is typical of most
power tools of that ilk - drills, etc.

I guess over the years I've become equally bad with either hard at most
things - makes some thing easy though - painting, I can stand on a ladder,
paint a section with my left-hand, then switch to the right-hand for
more coverage without moving the ladder, and I manage small hand tools
in either hanrd OK (screwdriver, chisel, etc.)

Gordon